Vanity is so constantly solicitous of self, that even where its own claims are not interested, it indirectly seeks the aliment which it loves, by showing how little is deserved by others.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.